Progrès technique et changements organisationnels : leur impact sur l'emploi et les qualifications

摘要

Technological Progress and Organizational Changes: Their Effect on Employment and Skills From 1 988 to 1 993, the modernization of French industrial firms affected employment and skills differently depending on the type of changes made. The introduction of new technologies has a positive effect on growth in employment. The firms choosing technological innovation would appear to have a competitive advantage related to their product quality and differentiation as well as their delivery times. Organizational changes have no effect on the number of employees, but they do change the job structure trend by favouring skilled labour. The models show that the operators and specialists take on more responsibility without there being an increase in the number of employees. Only executives seem to be favoured in terms of employment, even when the hierarchical structure is flattened to some extent.